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UMB Financial Corporation is an American financial services holding company founded in 1913 as City Center Bank and based in Kansas City, Missouri. It offers a number of financial services from checking and savings accounts, credit services including home mortgages, auto loans, business loans and credit cards, to investing and wealth management, all are offered to individuals, companies and offers additional customization options for private wealth management.In 2015, for the sixth straight year, UMB ranked as one of America's Best Banks by Forbes and SNL Financial, based on eight financial measures of asset quality, capital adequacy and profitability. UMB operates banking and wealth management centers in Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and North Texas. History In 1919, W.T. Kemper and Associates bought shares in City Center Bank, and R. Crosby Kemper became the president of the company. In 1926, the bank built a six-story headquarters, adding a drive-up service window in 1928. In 1934, the bank was renamed City National Bank and Trust Company and moved to Kansas City's financial center. In 1959, R. Crosby Kemper Jr. (a third generation banker from the Kemper family) became president of the bank and led the installation of its first computer processing system. City National acquired several other banks over the years as banking laws changed. In 1969, it reorganized as a holding company, Missouri Bancshares, which changed its name to United Missouri Bancshares (UMB) in 1971.In 1987, UMB acquired FCB Corp. and its three banks in Southern Illinois. In 1992, UMB expanded into Colorado with the purchase of Valley Bank and National Bank of the West in Colorado Springs. UMB acquired Denver's Columbine National Bank in 1992, and in 1994, all of UMB's Colorado banks were merged into one entity, UMB Bank Colorado. To reflect its expansion outside of Missouri, UMB changed its name to the current UMB Financial Corporation in 1994. In 1995, UMB acquired Oklahoma Bank and its holding company, First Sooner Bancshares. That same year, UMB entered the online banking market in conjunction with Visa Interactive.In 2001, UMB purchased Sunstone Financial Group Inc. and rebranded it to UMB Fund Services, Inc. It followed in 2002 with its purchase of State Street Bank & Trust Company of Missouri. In 2001 UMB also established Scout Investment Advisors Inc.In February 2002, the UMB acquired naming rights to St. Louis' Riverport Amphitheatre and renamed it UMB Bank Pavilion. This agreement expired in 2006, after which Verizon Wireless purchased naming rights. In 2004, Peter deSilva became the president and Mariner Kemper became chairman and CEO of UMB Financial Corporation.In June 2015, UMB acquired Marquette Financial Companies, which expanded its operations into the U.S states of Minnesota, Texas and Arizona.In April 2017, the firm sold Reams Asset Management and Scouts Investments to Raymond James Financial for $172.5 million.As of December 2019, UMB has 91 branches located across eight U.S. states: Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Texas. Lines of business Accounts Receivable Financing Commercial Banking and Lending Healthcare Services: Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Institutional Banking and Lending Personal Banking: Private Wealth Management and Consumer Banking Small Business Banking Transportation FinanceSubsidiaries Subsidiaries of the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include mutual fund and alternative investment services groups, single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage services and insurance, and a registered investment adviser that manages the company's proprietary mutual funds and investment advisory accounts for institutional customers. Recognition Ranked bank number 2 in the nation by Forbes (2009) Entered Congressional Record for excellent performance during the financial crisis (2010)References External links UMB Bank website Reuters profile The Kemper Timeline. Discover the Financial Corporation popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Financial Corporation books.

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  • Built, Not Born synopsis, comments

    Built, Not Born

    Tom Golisano & Mike Wicks

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    Warren Buffett

    Jay Steele

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    The Asylum

    Leah Mcgrath Goodman

    The Asylum is a stunning exposé by a seasoned Wall Street journalist that once and for all reveals the truth behind America’s oil addiction in all its unscripted and dysfunctional ...

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    The Tao of Warren Buffett

    Mary Buffett & David Clark

    A collection of the inspiring words and wisdom from America's favorite businessman that reveal his secrets of success from the bestselling authors of Buffettology and The New Buffe...

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    The Smartest Guys in the Room

    Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind

    There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years la...

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    Makers and Takers

    Rana Foroohar

    Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America?"A welltold exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped t...

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    Free Lunch

    David Cay Johnston

    The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic f...

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    Subscribed

    Tien Tzuo & Gabe Weisert

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    Power Failure

    Mimi Swartz & Sherron Watkins

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    More Money Than God

    Sebastian Mallaby

    The New York Times bestseller“The bright light shed by More Money Than God is particularly welcome. Mr. Mallaby . . . brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject and a v...

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    The Buffettology Workbook

    Mary Buffett & David Clark

    Timeless investing strategies for any economyin this stepbystep guide, you will learn the formula Warren Buffet used to succeed.For five decades, Warren Buffett has been making him...

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    The Fair Tax Book

    Neal Boortz & John Linder

    Wouldn’t you love to abolish the IRS . . .Keep all the money in your paycheck . . .Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn . . .And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and wast...

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    The Money Hackers

    Daniel P. Simon

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    Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements

    Mary Buffett

    With an insider's view of the mind of the master, Mary Buffett and David Clark have written a simple, easytofollow guide for reading financial statements from Warren Buffett's succ...

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    American Kleptocracy

    Casey Michel

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    The Golden Passport

    Duff McDonald

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    Money and Power

    William D. Cohan

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    Fundamentals of Project Management

    Joseph Heagney

    Project mishaps are all too common but often easy to avoid. Fundamentals of Project Management gets both new and current managers up to speed on the basicsthe first cruci...

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    The New Buffettology

    Mary Buffett

    If you read the original Buffettology, you only know half of what you need to effectively apply Warren Buffett's investment strategies.Published in 1997, the bestselling Buffettolo...

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    The Third Pillar

    Raghuram Rajan

    Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardFrom one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and farseeing analysis of...

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    Digital Gold

    Nathaniel Popper

    New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA New York Times technology and business rep...

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    Street Fighters

    Kate Kelly

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    Lean Body, Fat Wallet

    Ellie Kay & Danna Demetre

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    Angel

    Jason Calacanis

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    The Finder

    Colin Harrison

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    Beating the Dow Completely Revised and Updated

    Michael B. O'higgins & John Downes

    In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, turned the investment world upside down with an ingenious strategy, showing how all investorsfrom those with ...

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    Buffettology

    Mary Buffett

    In the world of investing, the name Warren Buffett is synonymous with success and prosperitynow you can learn how Warren Buffett did it and how you can, too.Building from the groun...

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    BLOCKCHAIN Y CRIPTOMONEDA

    Fernando Rodriguez

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    The Growth Delusion

    David Pilling

    A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth We live in a society in which a priesthood of economists, wielding impenetrable mathematic...

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    Firefighting

    Ben S. Bernanke, Timothy F. Geithner & Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

    "Should be required reading for all policy makers.” Warren BuffettFrom the three primary architects of the American policy response to the worst economic catastrophe since the...

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    The Key Man

    Simon Clark & Will Louch

    LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, ...

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    The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter

    Simon Constable & Robert E. Wright

    A wonderfully irreverent and endlessly entertaining guidewith more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide in multiple languagesabout the indicators most investors aren't following,...

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    Accounting for the Numberphobic

    Dawn Fotopulos

    As a small business owner, having knowledge of crucial numbers is the most important tool you can equip yourself with to survive today’s competitive marketplace. If you’re not a nu...

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    The Fine Print

    David Cay Johnston

    “No other modern country gives corporations the unfettered power found in America to gouge cus­tomers, shortchange workers, and erect barriers to fair play. A big reason is that so...

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    The Gorilla Game, Revised Edition

    Geoffrey A. Moore

    The Possibilities Are Staggering:Had you invested $10,000 in Cisco Systems back in early 1990, your investment would now be worth $3,650,000Similarly, a $10,000 investment made in ...

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    Money 911

    Jean Chatzky

    Jean Chatzky, the popular Today Show financial editor and Oprah contributor, shows readers how to navigate the critical challenges and universal conundrums of personal fi...

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    Goldman Sachs

    Lisa Endlich

    The history, mystique, and remarkable success of Goldman Sachs, the world's premier investment bank, are examined in unprecedented depth in this fascinating and authoritative study...

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    Everyone Else Must Fail

    Karen Southwick

    Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dus...

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    Borrowed Time

    James Freeman & Vern McKinley

    The disturbing, untold story of one of the largest financial institutions in the world, Citigroupone of the " too big to fail" banksfrom its founding in 1812 to its role in the 200...

  • Tao of Charlie Munger synopsis, comments

    Tao of Charlie Munger

    David Clark

    Words of wisdom from Charlie MungerWarren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathawaycollected and interpreted with an eye towards inv...

  • Good Guys and Bad Guys synopsis, comments

    Good Guys and Bad Guys

    Joe Nocera

    The greatest columns and profiles by the bestselling coauthor of All the Devils Are Here. What's it like to be a top tobacco executive when your kid asks you about smoking? How d...

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    The Secret Club That Runs the World

    Kate Kelly

    “Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill ...

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    The Alternative Answer

    Bob Rice

    The first book to explain the new world of alternative investing, showing how anyone can use nontraditional options to significantly increase returns and lower risksThe world's eli...